单词 | to blaze away |
释义 | > as lemmasto blaze away 8. intr. to blaze away: to fire continuously with guns or artillery; figurative to work at anything with enthusiastic vigour (colloquial). Cf. to fire away at fire v.1 Phrasal verbs. Also to blaze (out) at. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > continuously to blaze away1776 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] twig1573 to go at ——1675 to go it1794 to come it1796 to lay it on thick1806 to blaze away1826 bushwhack1837 steam1842 split1844 rustle1882 to work like a demon1884 yank1888 go-at-it1904 to go somea1911 to put a jerk in it1919 to go (also do) one's (also a) dinger1923 to work (etc.) one's ass off1924 to go to town1933 to gie (or give) it laldy1974 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > in specific manner ricochet1758 snipe1782 brown1873 to blaze (out) at1909 1776 Battle of Brooklyn (1873) ii. p. i We bid them stand and blazed away like brave boys. 1826 Sheridaniana 331 Sheridan blazed away, right and left. 1843 C. Dickens in Life 141 I went at it again, and..blazed away till 9 last night. 1857 Livingstone vii. 140 We..blazed away at the lions. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi liv. 537 The elements..banged and blazed away in the most blind and frantic manner. 1909 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 76 He had just bought a Mauser, and blazed at everything with it. 1914 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 173 They all grabbed rifles & revolvers, & through the windows blazed out at everyone they saw. < as lemmas |
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